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#49-21 Food Sovereignty … A grassroots movement in India

The so-called Green Revolution in India increased one measure of “productivity” at the cost of much else, including nutrition, sustainability,

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#48-21 Solar Nuns of Pakistan … Changing lives by bringing light

Two young women with a mission to help the poor found their calling as both nuns and solar installers, bringing

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#30-21 Rape and Resistance in Bangladesh … Lessons learned from Canada

In 2020, massive public demonstrations led the government of Bangladesh to raise the maximum penalty for rape; but these university

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#21-21 Female Priests in India … Liberate Hindu weddings

India’s new female priestesses are solemnizing weddings, breaking barriers and stereotypes in the formerly patriarchal sphere. Priestess weddings simplify and

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#33-20 Radical Futures … Young Climate Feminist Leaders Talk

On September 25, 2020, WEDO (the Women’s Environment and Development Organization) hosted a virtual “Radical Futures Roundtable: Young Climate Feminists

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#30-20 India’s Water Warrior Women … Essential approaches to fast-encroaching drought

In India, water is a women’s issue and a woman’s burden, but only concerted community action can ensure water for

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#21-20 4th World Conference on Women – Part 3 … Sisterhood and Strategies

A panoply of events, speakers and burning topics. Voices: All-woman Chinese orchestra; Helvi Sipila of Finland; Hillary Clinton; youth from Western Sahara;

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